Cyber Security Analyst

Astra-North Infoteck Inc. ~ Conquering today’s challenges, achieving tomorrow’s vision!; Calgary; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Astra-North Infoteck Inc. is seeking an experienced Cyber Security Analyst to strengthen our security posture across operations, threat detection, vulnerability management, IAM, and risk analysis.

You will collaborate with business, cybersecurity, operations and technical teams to advance cybersecurity initiatives in Calgary. The role emphasizes stakeholder engagement, translating business needs into actionable requirements, supporting testing, change management and benefits realization, and

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of cybersecurity concepts, controls, frameworks.
• Experience with incident management, threat hunting, and root-cause analysis.
• Experience conducting vulnerability assessments, risk analysis, and remediation tracking.
• Knowledge of IAM concepts: MFA, SSO, PAM, and identity governance.

Responsibilities

• Engage with business stakeholders to elicit needs and plan initiatives.
• Document current and future business processes; define KPIs and success criteria.
• Translate requirements into user stories and functional specs; validate solutions.
• Support testing, change management, and post-implementation reviews.

Skills

Incident management

Threat hunting

Vulnerability assessments

Identity & access management

Job description

Work Arrangement: 100% Onsite Working Hours: 8:00 AM–5:00 PM MST

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Cyber Security Analyst with expertise in cybersecurity operations, threat detection, vulnerability management, identity and access management, and risk analysis. The ideal candidate will work closely with business, cybersecurity, operations, and technical teams to improve the organization's security posture and ensure the successful delivery of cybersecurity initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Business Engagement & Planning

• Establish trusted relationships with business stakeholders.
• Facilitate workshops to elicit business needs, objectives, and challenges.
• Support strategic planning, demand intake, and initiative prioritization.
• Develop business cases and value realization frameworks.

Business Analysis

• Analyze current business processes and identify improvement opportunities.
• Document current-state and future-state business processes.
• Conduct gap analysis, risk assessments, and feasibility assessments.
• Define business requirements, success criteria, and key performance indicators (KPIs).

Solution Development

• Collaborate with technical teams to ensure business objectives are understood.
• Translate business requirements into user stories and functional requirements.
• Validate proposed solutions against business expectations.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Project Delivery

• Track requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support change management, training, and business readiness activities.
• Ensure delivered solutions align with business goals and expected outcomes.
• Assist with post-implementation reviews and benefits realization.

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of cybersecurity concepts, controls, frameworks, and operational practices.
• Knowledge of incident management, threat hunting, malware analysis, forensic investigation, and containment procedures.
• Experience conducting vulnerability assessments, risk analysis, remediation tracking, and reporting.
• Understanding of authentication, authorization, MFA, SSO, PAM, and identity governance.
• Ability to act as a liaison between business, cybersecurity, operations, and technical teams.
• Experience analyzing business and technical requirements and translating them into actionable outcomes.
• Expertise in developing and maintaining technical and operational documentation.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and facilitation skills.

Preferred Skills

• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, Firewalls, IDS/IPS, Proxy, WAF, and Zero Trust concepts.
• Ability to analyze security events, correlate logs, and identify threats.

Top 3 Must-Have Skills

• Knowledge of incident management, threat hunting, malware analysis, forensic investigation, and containment procedures.
• Experience conducting vulnerability assessments, risk analysis, remediation tracking, and reporting.
• Understanding of authentication, authorization, MFA, SSO, PAM, and identity governance.

Top 3 Preferred Skills

• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, Firewalls, IDS/IPS, Proxy, WAF, and Zero Trust concepts.
• Ability to analyze security events, correlate logs, and identify threats.
• Strong cybersecurity operations and risk management experience.